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Meet Thailand's coronavirus-sniffing canines
dailyprogress ^ | 19 min ago | video elephant

Posted on 03/18/2021 9:47:44 AM PDT by entropy12

A Thailand university said it has trained dogs to sniff out coronavirus with a high success rate, in a pilot that researchers hope would become an alternative method to effectively detect patients and those that are asymptomatic.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: corona; covid; dogs; virus
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To: entropy12

They are likely more successful than current tests. But dogs can evidently get covid too. Heard of a dog supposedly dying of covid recently


21 posted on 03/18/2021 10:52:28 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: rlmorel

When we were on a Carnival cruise last year at February end, covid was barely in the news. But after getting off the ship, I had this strange dry cough but I just ignored it. It went away after 12-15 days on it’s own. Looking back, I have to believe it was covid infection which my body fought off. Because I can’t ever recall a frequent dry cough before.


22 posted on 03/18/2021 11:43:45 AM PDT by entropy12 (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have severe consequences.)
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To: entropy12

I know. We all got that thing in our house, very strange.


23 posted on 03/18/2021 12:30:35 PM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: blam

I’ve heard that 1/3 of a dog’s brain is wired to it’s nose.
I believe it.


24 posted on 03/18/2021 3:05:05 PM PDT by sonova (That's what I always say sometimes.)
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